G44 wrote:The snow in that area doesn't melt, it wears out from being blown a hundred miles and then the next day blown back the opposite direction and so on.

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-30°C and 5500 MSL several years ago in my T210. None of the numbers were working out. Same RPM and MP as always, but burning much more fuel. Couldn't get it to lean out to the usual 14.7 GPH and 158 kts. When I finally satisfied the engine with an enrichment, the airspeed was much higher than I would expect. Then the light came on. It was a fun trip home. Poured the coal to it, CHTs well under control. Oil temp would normally have been a problem, but not on this day.

G44 wrote:

mtv wrote:Yeah, unfiltered air is a non issue in winter in the interior of AK. There is no dust there in winter. Nothing out there but snow, and that won't hurt a thing unless you somehow shove chunks of it down the induction.....

MTV

Unless you are in Bethel, Dust, dirt and snow always blowing around in the winter.

Since when was Bethel in the Interior? “in the interior of AK. There is no dust there in winter. ”.......

Yes, the west coast has “Snirt”. But not the interior.....

MTV

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